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nepid

nepid noun: any member of the family Nepidae of water scorpions.

Noun

nepid (plural nepids)

  1. Any member of the family Nepidae of water scorpions.
    • However some gerrids, nepids and veliids are attacked by allantonematid nematodes and Burton (1963) found Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb) in a bedbug, although this insect was not considered an intermediate host.1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations

Forms of nepid

pluralnepids

Questions about nepid

What does nepid mean?
Nepid means any member of the family Nepidae of water scorpions.
What part of speech is nepid?
Nepid is a noun.
What is the plural of nepid?
The plural of nepid is nepids.

Words near nepid in the dictionary

  1. nephtheids
  2. Nephthys
  3. nephtyid
  4. nephtyids
  5. nepicastat
  6. nepid
  7. nepids
  8. nepinalone
  9. nepionic
  10. nepiophile
  11. nepiophiles

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